Publication Type

Journal Article

Journal Name

Journal of Insect Physiology

Publication Date

1-1-1982

Abstract

Precocene treatment does not disrupt the events of reproduction in Glossina morsitans morsitans or induce any apparent changes in treated tsetse. However, some females of the F1 generation are either sterile or show retardations in follicle development. Sterility is not reversed spontaneously or with juvenile hormone analogues. The critical period for precocene action is related to each ovulation. The corpora allata of precocene-treated tsetse are normal, but those of F1 sterile females are degenerate. The occurrence of retardation has enabled the characterisation of stages in follicle development in G. m. morsitans. © 1982.

Keywords

corpus allatum, F generation 1, follicle development, germarium, Glossina morsitans morsitans, oöcyte, Precocene, sterile females

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